Prior to his win over Curtis Blaydes on Saturday in Beijing, China, Francis Ngannou was on a two-fight losing streak. People around him, along with UFC president Dana White were led to conclude that “The Predator” had developed an “ego problem.”
Now that he was able to break the skid, Ngannou is feeling rejuvenated. In an Instagram post he released after the fight, he also admitted that he had to overcome some adversity.
I finally saw the light yesterday night at UFC Beijing by overcoming my darkness which dragged me deep to the bottom .
My fans, my family and all those people who trust and believe in me have got persecuted by haters and doubters but they didn’t give up and they kept supporting me and that’s where I found strength to overcome all this.
I wanna thank every single one of you, who once trusted me and who kept supporting me , who stayed beside me and who didn’t stumble.
I’m grateful to have any of you known and unknown by my side and in my life since this is all my life.
Thank you China and particularly Beijing for welcoming us and for all the love and energy you guys put in, it was an honor for me to perform for you guys such an amazing people and a great crowd. #theredemption #thepredator#ufcbeijing.
Ngannou now holds a win-loss slate of 12-3 (all wins by stoppage). He was then called out for a rematch by Alistair Overeem, who also picked up a first-round TKO win at the co-main event fight.